Adrenaline Girls Lacrosse Showcase: Day 1 Report

Santa Barbara, CA — The Adrenaline Lacrosse Girls Showcase began yesterday at Rob Field on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Upon checking in to the Santa Catalina dorm, the girls were provided a set of custom Showcase gear, courtesy of Adrenaline Lacrosse.

After moving into their dorm rooms, the girls all met outside for a brief welcome from Adrenaline Lacrosse VP, Rory Doucette, and Event Director and CAL Head Coach, Ginger Miles. Doucette and Miles then introduced all of the college recruiters in attendance for the event. The college recruiters covered a wide array of NCAA and WDIA programs in effort to provide the girls with the best possible opportunity to find an appropriate fit for her level of play.

The final list of recruiters in attendance at the 2011 Showcase is:

Division I:

Fresno State University
Presbyterian College
San Diego State University
St. Mary’s College
Stanford University
The University of California, Berkeley
The University of Oregon
The University of Southern California
The University of Virginia
Towson University
Winthrop University

Division II:

Le Moyne College
Lindenwood University
Mesa State College

Division III:

Cabrini College
Christopher Newport University
Claremont McKenna College
Occidental College
University of Redlands
Whittier College

WDIA:

Cal State University, Chico
The University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Santa Barbara

Immediately following the camp introduction, the girls headed over to the fields where they rotated through three stations worth of clinics. The offensive, defensive, and stick work themed clinics allowed players to work directly with college coaches, giving the event an intimate feel. Directly after the clinics began the first set of games on the weekend. In effort to provide the players with maximum exposure and a wide variety of coaching techniques, the college coaches in attendance were pre-assigned games that they would be in charge of coaching throughout the weekend.

With every team competing in six different games throughout the weekend, the set-up at the Adrenaline Showcase allows players to preview a wide variety of coaching styles, as well as an opportunity to learn directly from the top coaches in the country – a welcomed change for many west coast players who recognize top level coaching is at a premium.

At 9:00 pm on Friday, all of the girls filed into the Fiesta Room at the bottom of their dorm for another clinic put on by the college coaches. The clinic, which was titled: “How to Play at a Recruiting Event”, was an open forum type of venue where the coaches discussed the various attributes that they look for in players while at recruiting events. Lacrosse ability aside, the coaches stressed the importance of intangibles such as: hustle, coachability, versatility, attitude, and fitness.